Hi Mike,
I am also a member of the Newport club with cy. We have MANY Q fans
up in this neck of the woods. Hope to have you visit our club
sometime.
Tom Johnson
--- In BRHSlist@y..., "Scott Stearns" <scott_b_stearns@h...> wrote:
> Cy;
>
> Earlier this afternoon I sent a note to Wally off list. Didn't
think there
> would be an audience interested in a fellow Minnesotan making "Q"
> connections. Looks like I was wrong.
>
> I live just north of Rochester (Zumbrota), in a part of the state
where
> there isn't much for model railroading. I have recently moved and
haven't
> had the time or space to start a layout of my own - yet. I'm
always looking
> for new model railroad folks and clubs in the area. Maybe you
could let me
> know, off list, more about the Newport club. Am I correct in
assuming that
> this is in the Newport (southeast metro) area?
>
> Thanks!
> Scott Stearns
>
>
> >From: cy svobodny <ctsvobodny@y...>
> >Reply-To: BRHSlist@y...
> >To: BRHSlist@y...
> >Subject: [BRHSlist] "Q" in minnesota
> >Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:50:13 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >wally: have it on good source that 2002 BRHS conv.
> >will be in st. paul(twin cities). plan to come, i
> >have lived here all my life and have been a modelerand
> >railfan since birth(i'll be 60 this year). got my
> >first loco(lionel #1688) at the ripe old age of 20
> >days, grandpa was a railroader and i was first
> >grandson.
> > the Q in minnesota did not have branch lines as they
> >did elsewhere. Q entered state at only ywo locations,
> >Winona and Hastings. Line to Winona crossed Miss.
> >River from Winona Jct. on a swing bridge with only a
> >couple miles of track total. and entered on another
> >bridge over St. Croix River at Prescott, WI to
> >Hastings, MN and shared a joint trackage agreement
> >with the Milwaukee Road into St. Paul for about 18
> >miles. from Daytons Bluff yard they took cars to and
> >from GN, NP, etc. with transfer runs. many photos of
> >these operations are in mike spoor and al holck books
> >of recent years.
> > look forward to meeting you next year here
> >in St. Paul. I'm a member of the Newport Model RR
> >club and we do operate w/dcc. will be glad to show
> >you around . cy
> >
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